TABLE OF CONTENTS
•American Heritage
•People In Societies
•World Interactions
•Citizen Rights and Responsibilities
•Democratic Process
•Decision Making and Resources
•Science, Technology, and Society
AMERICAN
HERITAGE
•Have different groups complete a timeline that represents
a certain century in history. 1400 AD – 2000 AD
•Interview an older relative or person about how life was in
the past compared to the present
•Create a collage that represents the history of America
continued
•Read the American symbol books
•Perform various simulations that pertain to historical
event throughout the history of America
http://www.50states.com/
State information resource links to state homepages, and
gives additional info. About symbols, flags, etc.
lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/today/today.html
Each day an important fact from U.S. history is
illustrated and described
http://www.msnbc.com/news/AMERICAS
Stay on top of the news around the U.S.
CONTINUED
http://www.thedora.corn/maps/united_stat
es_map.html
Map of the U.S., also includes an
interactive fact book
http://www.campus.northpark.edu/history/webchron/NorthA
merica/NorthAmerica.html
Timeline that represents the beginning of time until the
present day of the U.S.
PEOPLE
IN
SOCIETY
•Write a biography on a famous person that has had a major
influence on the U.S.
•Have the student pretend that an alien has land in the U.S.
Have the students make a collage that would teach the alien
about the U.S.
•Give students basic elements of culture. Have the groups
examine and discuss what they may represent,and record
answers
Continued
•Break students into groups and have them prepare a
presentation of a holiday celebrated in the U.S.
•Flat Stanley or Pen Pals
http://www.pathfinder.com/cgi-bin/altculture/home.cgi
Commentary on issues and people in society
http://www.holidays.com/
Find out everything you need to know about holidays and
traditions
http://www.earthcalender.net/
dates, holidays, festivals, and events from around the
world
continued
http://www.endoreo.ca/flatstanley
Get information on the project and find out how to get
involved
http://www.biography.com/
Covers the lives of over 15,000 people, also includes
interactive quizzes
WORLD
INTERACTIONS
•Allow the students to play with the electronic talking
globe,quiz game
•United States scavenger hunt; use the clues to find the
correct states
•Make a list and explain way goods travel through the U.S.
Give examples and places of the use of land, air, and water
Continued
•Give the students some baseball and football stickers.
Giving them a map of the U.S., see how many team locations
they can find throughout the United States
•Have students draw a map from the school to their homes.
Make sure that every detail is given (turns, stops, street
names)
•Have the students locate the different time zones in the
U.S. and color code
http://www.nps.gov/rivers
National wild and scenic rivers of the U.S.
http://www.worldtime.com/
Zoom in and out or rotate the interactive globe to get
details on time zones
http://www.clickandlearn.com/documents/LP061.htm
Official maps of states and major rivers
Continued
http://www.to/state_maps
Map and flags of the U.S. and Canada
http://www.theodora.com/wfb/abc_world_fact_book.html
Country profiles- facts, maps, economy, flags, etc.
DECISION MAKING
and
RESOURCES
•Put students into groups. Give each group different jobs
to complete. After they have done the job pay them a wage.
Then allow them to make purchases from the class store.
Then discuss the concepts
•Students will prepare a paper on a new product. This paper
will include resources and labor involved to create, and
estimated costs
•Identify the different form of money from around the world
and in the U.S.
Continued
•Read the story “Alexander, who used to be rich”. Pass out
the play money and have students make purchases from the
book. Discuss ways people spent and saved money
•Students will be given wages based upon work each week.
Students in turn use the money for taxes, desk rental, and
goods. Each week taxes and insurance are due, if the person
don’t have enough money the become homeless (desk less).
http://www.cnn.com/travel/essentials
Conversion of money
http://www.cy.ac.uk/~RDavies/arian/llyfr.html
Learn about the origin, history, and history of money in
Europe and the U.S.
ecedweb.unomaha.edu/museum.html
money museum’s teaching unit designed to stimulate
interest in exploring and understanding global economy
Continued
http://www.kidsmoney.com/
Money management for the next generation
http://www.superkidz.com/money.html
kid activities on counting money and determining how
much is left
DEMOCRATIC
PROCESS
•Current event time
•Explain various classroom positions and have students
create posters an election, and hold an election for these
positions
•Read and review “How the U.S. Government Works”.
Continued
•Students will cut out words to form the
names of the presidents
•Simulation of some make believe mock
trials
http://www.whitehouse.gov/WH/glimse/tcp.html
History of the White House, virtual tour, past president
information
members.delphi.com/efrench/index.html
Explains the three branches of government
http://www.constitutionfacts.com/
Collection of facts about the constitution and its signers,
famous quotes and a quizzes
Continued
http://www.kidsvotingusa.org/
Seeks to educate the youth about the democratic
process and in political awareness
http://www.c_span.org/rwh
Analysis of the 2000 election
CITIZENSHIP
RIGHTS
and
RESPONSIBLITIES
•Groups of students will conduct their own news cast
•Allow students to select their own classroom rules and
consequences
•Have students create signs encouraging others to recycle
•Have students create their own classroom newspaper
•Students will write about citizen rights and
responsibilities to society
http://www.msnbc.com/
Get up to the minute news and sports
http://www.pppp.net/lin/news
Get around the world newspapers
www.epa.gov/kids
An environmental site just for kids
Continued
http://www.earlyamerica.com/earlyamerica/freedom
Students can view the Bill of Rights to see what rights
they have as citizens in the U.S.
http://www.hrweb.org/
History of human rights and other ideas
SCIENCE
and
SOCIETY